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Director / Actor

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He trained at the Taiwan Liyuan Academy as a Peking opera stage actor, enrolling between the ages of 14 and 29. He also provides acting coaching and stage direction. In Himeji City, he teaches a weekly theater class every Thursday, with approximately 20 students.

He is involved in actor training at JUGEM COMPANY, which has about 120 actors registered nationwide.

He has served as a judge for the Kinki region High School Theater Shogeki Battle for three consecutive years.

Currently in his 26th year as an actor, he remains active and has co-starred with renowned figures such as Akira Kurosawa, Maiko Ito, AKB48, and Nogizaka46.

This current work is director Toku’s second film in the cinematic field.

May 2024 Screening at Earth Cinemas Himeji:
"Bokura wa Miyuki Street Shopping District Children’s Committee: LOVE – The Future We Connect"

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Acting Credits

Videos / Public Awareness:

  • Disaster Awareness Video, Osaka Prefecture Crisis Management Office – Lead Role (Housewife) – Official Osaka Prefecture Website

  • Disaster Awareness Educational Video, ICT-based Teaching Materials

  • Digital Content for Disaster Education (Toppan Printing Co., Ltd.)

  • Himeji City Environmental Awareness Video

  • Web Drama, 5 episodes: Himeji City Environmental Promotion Section Local Hero Samurai Garloin – Mother Role (dual role)

  • Film: Bokura wa Miyuki Street Shopping District Children’s Committee – Mother Role (Scheduled for May 2024, Himeji Miyuki-dori Promotion Association)

Television:

  • Kansai Net ten: “Woman Karateka Breaks 10 Bats” (2016 Year-End Special)

  • Nippon TV: Shinobu Sakagami no ○○ na Kanojo – “Even top-level makes you irritated”

  • TV Asahi: Jinsei Donzoko Dokkoi-sho – Karate Mom who thwarts fraud

  • ABC TV: Ataruyoshi & Switch: Elegy

  • Himeji “Bura-pan” – Oiran Himeji 6th Generation Takao Tayu Role

  • Chiba TV Drama Cast Watch – 12 episodes, co-starring AKB48

    • I Can Time Travel – dual roles as Lily Tendo and Marina Negisawa

    • GIC: Welcome to Earth, Aliens! – Kaoroku Alien, Boss Role

Commercials (CM):

  • Hotel Eldia – Sun TV Kenkoba Bakobako TV (Reporter Role)

  • Rent-a-Car Goyu-sha – “Camping Edition” (Camp Girl Role)

  • Alpha Gym (Kagoshima TV) – Trainer Role

  • Kintetsu Reform (Nara TV) – Mom Role

  • Orion Co., Ltd. Tomica Gummy – Mom Role

  • Hankyu Railway Real Escape Game: Rokko and the Sword of the Gods – Elf Role

Web / Digital:

  • Design Office Web-CM – Wife Role

  • Yoshida Corporation Web-CM – Construction Company Director Role

  • Web Drama: Misatokko Zouri Misato’s 7 Parenting Challenges – Main Mom Role

  • Web Drama: Kaigo Kyokai “Kai” – Yakuza Welfare Caregiver Role

Film Roles:

  • Feature: Koi wa Pan to Milk no Hotori de – Teacher Miho / Zombie Role (dual roles), co-starring Yoshimoto comedians

  • Feature: Super Apartment Wife – Yakuza Wife Role

  • Feature: Super Apartment Wife 2 – Android Role, Action, co-starring Toshio Kurosawa

  • Short Film: Sake Brewery’s Daughter – Hanako Mukai (Mother Role) – Dir. Takashi Ohashi, STU8 lead

  • Feature: To You, the Liar – Co-starring Nogizaka46 Wada Maaya and Maiko Ito – Satsuki Role

Production, Directing, and Script Work

  • Film Production / Directing:

    • Bokura wa Miyuki Street Shopping District Children’s Committee – Commissioned by Himeji Miyuki-dori Shopping District Promotion Association (Scheduled release next year)

  • CM / Drama Production:

    • Himeji City Environmental Policy Office – Hybrid Warrior Samurai Gar Production

    • Elderly Care Day Service, Hyogo Prefecture Union – Support Web Drama Kaiou

  • Stage Directing / Production:

    • Ento Machi no Poupelle

    • Oiran Monogatari

    • Sumu Monotachi e

    • Itsuka – Rokko, Himeji High School

    • Theater workshops and action direction

  • Cultural Heritage Projects:

    • 6th Generation Takao Tayu – Himeji Oiran Succession

    • Performances in Paris, Dubai, Taiwan

    • First Japanese Oiran photos featured in European museums including the Louvre and other art institutions

Director / Acting Career

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